Question on General Server Development

[odie5533]

All the forums say this is not a support forum, so I guess this is the best place to post:

I don't know enough C++ to understand the server (I'm mainly a Java/C# kinda guy =P) but I still have questions about the server and was wondering if one of the dev's could possibly help me. How many threads does the server create? One per user? Can you give me a general overview of the process chain between clients and the server. An example would be the server loops listening for the client, client connects, new thread is made for the client. Client logs in to server. etc etc. How did the developers learn C++? Which version of MSVS do the dev's use? Is it developed mainly on windows or mainly on linux? What all is stored on the db and what is stored in memory?